Hi someone
I have been following this thread for some time though this is my first time posting. Although I can't relate to your specific circumstances, I totally get your general grievances. I understand the loss of appetite, I've been through periods of 48 hours where I didn't eat anything and didn't even feel uncomfortable about it. I'm not sure about the anxiety thing, but you know when you hear some bad news and your heart and stomach completely sink? I still wake up everyday with that feeling. I know about the mood swings, too. Feeling ok at 1pm and feeling like the walking dead at 1.30pm is definitely something that I've been through. It used to kill me because my mood seemingly switched for no apparent reason. My mood swings are way less violent these days.
Now that I've set the scene, I want to ask how active you are. Have you thought about joining a gym or a martial arts club? The body is a dynamic system and staying sedentary in situations like yours will only help to exasperate the problem. Believe me, if I didn't have any sort of physical outlet then I would have done something stupid a long time ago.
I'm not claiming that physical activity is some sort of panacea but in my experience, the higher the intensity I workout with, the better I feel afterwards. Anyways, excuse any typos as I'm using my tablet and the keyboard on this thing is horrible.
I actually exercise at home. I have not been consistent but I do exercise weekly. I actually volunteer and walk a lot. So I'm moderately active. I agree that I should increase the intensity of the workout. That is something I must do. I do a combination of cardio and weight training, but I understand it is not enough. I do need to eat less and exercise more.
The main issue has been sleep for me TBH. So I'm trying to sort that out.
I watched that video before. I actually like Hamza (not in a sexual way LOL
). I mean compared to other Muslim scholars, he is very diplomatic, even though I disagree with him. I mean other scholars go nuts when they go on about homosexuals.
I have to echo Qtian in this. I haven't been to the gym in a long time, long enough to put on weight (had a pic taken of me the other day, felt depressed. Planning on going back for what that's worth
) but working out extensively. using the weights that had me dripping with sweat and walking home aching, it had a profound effect on my mental and emotional state. I can't tell you the biology or the physiology of it, I'm not an expert on either subject so I can't go into the details of it, but what I can tell you is that working out has a mental effect on you. Your body is so much more fluid, everything feels like it's lighter and more breakable, you move differently, and your mind seems to process so much better. It's not just that you're physically stronger, you think better. Maybe it's the increased blood flowing to your brain, I don't know, but your mind works better when you give yourself a few good workouts.
I really would recommend you join a gym and push yourself on the equipment. Give it one month. Just one. See the difference.
I wouldn't go gym at all. Probably in the future. For now I can't. I'm very tight with my money and um...wherever I go, I will get some people being a bit hostile to me. So for now I'm avoiding it lol.